Caribbean can boast of one of world’s highest immunisation rates
From CARICOM The Caribbean can boast of having one of the highest immunisation rates in the world. That’s the word from Assistant Secretary-General in charge of Human and Social Development at the CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Douglas Slater. He made the…
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Community Events Grand Court Jurors Report Date Changed The Grand Court jury report date has been changed. Grand Court Jurors who are in the 1 July – 6 October 2015 session, the report date of Monday, 31 August, 2015 has…
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Smithsonian scientists find new goby species in Caribbean deep reefs
By Daniel Kelly From Fishsens Magazine Using a manned submersible vehicle privately owned by the Substation Curacao, researchers with the Smithsonian Institution have discovered a new goby species. The fish was found off the coast of Curacao, a small island…
Sally Edwards on health and climate change in the Caribbean
By Carley Chavara “It’s a Very Complex Web” “The relationship between human health…and environmental changes is extremely complex,” says Sally Edwards, advisor for sustainable development and environmental health of the Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization office for the eastern Caribbean…
Tropical [storm] forms in the Atlantic, moves west toward Caribbean
By Eric Berger From Chron As expected, a tropical depression* has formed in the Atlantic. *NOW TROPICAL STORM DANNY. The depression is moving steadily westward toward the Caribbean Sea and is likely to become Tropical Storm Danny within a day…
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Carib artists raise their voices for climate justice
By Kenton X. Chance From Caribbean Life Caribbean negotiators say capping global temperature rise at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrialisation levels is necessary to protect infrastructure, such as in Kingstown, the capital of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Award-winning St….
Discovery of a salamander in amber sheds light on evolution of Caribbean islands
From OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY CORVALLIS, Ore. – More than 20 million years ago, a short struggle took place in what is now the Dominican Republic, resulting in one animal getting its leg bitten off by a predator just before it…
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iNews Briefs, More & Community Events Community Events Immigration Department closure on Friday 21st August 2015 The Department of Immigration Headquarters, including Passport & Corporate Services, Visa Office and Front Counter, will be closed to the public for all but…
First Cape Verde storm of 2015 possible this week
By Bob Henson From Weather Underground A tropical wave in the central Atlantic has the potential to develop into a tropical storm over the next several days. Invest 96L was gradually organizing near 10.0°N and 28.3°W at 1800 GMT Sunday…
Is offshore drilling any safer for the environment today?
From Caribbean News Now Dear EarthTalk: Is offshore drilling any safer for the environment today given lessons learned from the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico? — Leslie Jackson, Bern, NC The Deepwater Horizon oil rig…
